France from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, [1986]. First Edition of the English Translation. 8vo. pp. xxii, 416. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (crease in dw flap else fine condition). dola2826

London: William Glaisher, 1876. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 557, [3]. wood-engraved frontis. portrait & title-vignette & 30 other wood-engraved plates. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (some foxing to edges). elala5952

Paris: Jean Guignard, 1699. Second Edition (originally published in 1643 in quarto under title ‘Histoire de la vie de Henry, dernier duc de Mont-Morency’). Henri II [1595-1632] won a series of battles against the Protestants and was present at the sieges of Montauban and Montpellier. In 1625 he defeated the French Protestant fleet under the Duc de Soubise,… Read more about this item

np: 1786. First Edition of the German Translation? The present pamphlet concerns Cagliostro’s prosecution for participation in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that involved Marie Antoinette and the Prince Louis de Rohan. He was acquitted of the charge after a nine-month imprisonment in the Bastille and banished from France by order of Louis XVI. The infamous impostor,… Read more about this item

Paris: Goupil & Cie., 1900. First Edition, Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. folio. pp. 2 p.l., 189, [1 leaf]. 42 photogravures (incl. hand-coloured frontis., some in sepia) & 8 smaller photogravures in the text. contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., royal arms of Marie as Queen of France in gilt on upper cover (short cracks in upper & lower front… Read more about this item

New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First American Edition. 12mo. pp. 160. cloth. dw. (dw. rubbed & chipped at edges). dola2083

Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle Éditeur, [1901]. The work covers the French Jewish artillery officer's years of imprisonment, most of it spent on Devil's Island in French Guiana, following his trial and conviction on charges of treason. It consists mainly of his personal journal and his correspondence with his wife. The Dreyfus affair sparked a national controversy, and following… Read more about this item

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1953. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 308. biblio. index cloth. Very good copy (top of front joint trifle frayed)

London: Printed For W.Richardson, & Bury St. Edmund's: Printed By J.Rackham, For W.Richardson, London, 1794. Second Edition. The most valuable account of the condition of France on the eve of the Revolution, written by the pre-eminent English writer on agriculture. Young, first secretary to the Board of Agriculture, was a prolific author and a great reformer of English agricultural… Read more about this item

Franklin Centre, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition, Privately Printed and signed by the Author. 8vo. pp. 8 p.l., 484. full-page black, red & white illus. full gilt-stamped calf, all edges gilt. Fine copy

Paris: Librairie Illustrée, [c1870]. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 384; 2 p.l., 385-800. half-title in Vol. II. text in double columns. 1 double-page wood-engraved plate & numerous wood engravings in the text (many full-page) by Gustave Doré, G.Brion & others. contemporary quarter calf (rubbed, title spotted with red ink & with short tear not affecting text, corner… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1932. First Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 4e51, [1]; 454, [1]. quarter morocco, original front wr. from Vol. I bound in

LondonÖ: Cassell And Company, Ltd., 1923. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. [ix], 315, [1]. 16 illus. on 8 plates (7 double-sided). cloth

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First American Edition. The British politician and journalist was trapped in Paris when the war broke out, and forwarded letters describing the five-month siege to the Daily News by balloon or by messengers who promised to ërun the blockadeí. Many of the letters were lost en route and were now published here… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette Et Cie, 1884. Fourth Edition. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 70. folding coloured engraved map & 14 wood-engravings in the text (some full-page). original cloth-backed printed bds. (corners worn, light foxing to map & outer leaves)

Paris: Librairie Hachette Et Cie., 1876. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l.(incl. errata), 624. contemporary quarter chagrin (some light to moderate foxing, some pencil scoring to 90 pages, paper clip marks on a few pages)

London: Printed and sold by W.Reeve, 1759. First Edition of the English Translation. The author was for many years lady-in-waiting to the household of the duchesse du Maine at the Ch‚teau de Sceaux. In 1718 she was sent to the Bastille for two years after being implicated in the Cellamare Conspiracy of Giulio Alberoni against Philippe II, Duke of… Read more about this item

New York: Dahesh Museum & New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1999]. Exhibition Catalogue. 4to. pp. xx, [2], 146. many illus. (some colour). index. wrs. (light wear & few creases to edges of covers)

np: LíIntelligence, [1926]. Limited to 1120 copies, this one of 1000 on vÈlin de rives. 8vo. pp. 324, [1], [1 leaf]. etched frontis. portrait by Raoul Dufy. title vignette. Uncut & unopened in original printed wrs. (head of spine chipped, short tears in lower wr. edges, chipping to original glassine wr.)

Berkeley, Los Angeles & Oxford: University of California Press, [1992]. 8vo. pp. xv, 218.b/w illus, index. cloth. dw